# Amputations at Waste Pro of Florida Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054692` · 5/14/2018 · SANFORD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Pro of Florida Inc.
- **Location:** 3705 Saint John's Parkway, SANFORD, FLORIDA, 32771
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to set a carrier hydraulic cylinder in place. His finger was in the retaining pin hole slot checking the alignment when the hydraulic cylinder was set in place, amputating his fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*